IKEA Hack - Komplement Lampshade

You know the komplement shoeboxes? Sort of translucent, made of plasticky fabric, well they can be lampshades.

All you need is a Komplement shoebox and a wire coathanger.

A pair of pliers and a craft knife will be needed aswell...

I promise to get some better photos - Unfortunately the uploading is hit and miss with the neighbours internet...

Step 1 Cut the hanger

This is simple, along the bottom rail of the coathanger in roughly the middle cut it in two.

*Note, I had forgotten how tough coathangers can be, I bent my little wire cutting pliers handles before switching to beefier pliers, best bet would be to use a little hacksaw so you don't damage smaller pliers by leaving a big notch on the blades, though that little notch is handy for stripping small gauge wire...

Comments

[Kryptonite]

Are you using your neighbour's unsecured wireless network again? Yeah me too.

[killerjackalope]

Aye, neighbors have a low speed connection, so I have to wait un til they're off the internet to upload... Granted I fiddled with the config in FF3 to get a bit more speed out of it...

[Kryptonite]

One day those neighbors are going to go on here, find this and then recognize that Display Picture of yours. One day...